Catalina Swimsuits For Nudists In Sweden

Of all the anonymous
photos I have in my collection, Catalina Swimsuits for
Nudists in Sweden is my favorite. Usually when I purchase an
anonymous photograph I just get the print and nothing more. With
this this particular image I actually got the original 4×5 inch
negative. The negative also came with the photographer’s note card
giving me some straightforward extra information about the
scene.

But then what? Who is this man in the suit? Is Axel Gilblad a
fake company name and the whole scene a facade to pull a prank on
the man in the suit? Look at their faces. The woman is having a
blast, but the man in the suit has the look of someone who doesn’t
know how to laugh yet knows that he is in a situation where he
should be laughing. Since he isn’t good at laughing, a strange
smirk and a stiff pose is all he can muster.

The man in the hatch is definitely in on the whole thing.

The whole thing remains enigmatic to me. That is cool though.
Half the fun of anonymous photographs is making up stories to go
along with them.